Marrakesh Shopping Tips by johnsakura Top 5 Page for this destination

Local Products: Souqs of Marrakesh Local Products Review

Starting from the Jma el Fna, there are two major lanes going north. Coming from the Jma, you have the Rue Mouassin on your left, and the Rue Souq Smarine on your right. Along these you will find many touristic shops and boutiques, most of them will be specialized in either carpets, leather, silver or antiques. These are just resellers. you can get a lower price at the place some things are made.

Theme: Local Craft

Food and Drink: Orange juice in Jamaa Al-Fna Food and Drink Review

On hte main squre you have at least 40 street karts selling and making orange juice.

What to buy: orange juice fresh one. you can ask for no ice and on the hour for the real fresh one. they can have some orange juice already made, fresh anyway, but the real thing is the real thing.

What to pay: very cheap: one big glass costs 1.5 dirham.
you can get a 1.5litre bottle for 10 dirhams 1 euro

Theme: Food and Drink

Spices: Spices Food and Drink Review

You can buy all kinds of spices you can think of. just name it ans buy them on the large amount of shops selling these kinds of products. dont buy for the first price. try to negociate. ask for a special price.

Theme: Other

Food and Drink: Traditional Moroccan pastry Food and Drink Review

In the streets you have hundreds of street shops selling these kinds of pastry. very tasty and you have all sorts. the majority have no eggs to be preserved better with the extrem heat of the city.

Theme: Food and Drink

Food and Drink: Vegetarian Harera-Moroccan soup Food and Drink Review

This you'll find on the main square during night time on the street restaurants. only a few of those restaurants actually have vegetarian hahera. usually hahera is made with meat. to get all kinds of clients, they now have a special vegetarian one, very tasty all the time. You can go to Aicha restaurant number 1 to taste it.

Theme: Food and Drink

Food and Drink: Cheak peas in street vendors Food and Drink Review

Street vendors go on the streets selling cheak peas which you can spice it up with some salt, pepper and cumins. very tasty indeed. the exact protein you need to walk in the suqs for hours and hours.

Theme: Food and Drink

Food and Drink: Milk Shkaes and Fresh Yogurts Food and Drink Review

A man with a small street kart selling home made milk shakes and yogurt. Very tasty the Yogurts. A must. Very cheap.
milk shakes with honey, strawberry and banana. also dates milk shake.

Theme: Food and Drink

Food and Drink: Fruit Food and Drink Review

Street vendors with fresh bananas, oranges and some other one depending of the time of the year you are actually visiting Marrakesh.

Theme: Food and Drink

CD's on street vendors: CD in street vendors Music & Musical Instruments Review

All over the city now you'll find people selling cd's all kinds.

What to buy: You have from western music and also many arab singers. Idir, chek khaled, faudel, rachid taha, cheb mami etc.

What to pay: 15 dirhams each CD 1.5 euros!!

Theme: Music

Souvenir Shops: Small craft Souvenir Shops Review

you have all the way down the suq's streets, lots of these little cheap souvenirs you can get to offer back home. They usualy dont cost more than 1 euro 1.5 euro.

Theme: Local Craft